Drive Information - Volume Name - Case

[McLion]

Hi

Volume names are not shown case sensitive in V2.52.
If used for renaming, it seems to accept and rename a case sensitive name.
However, it does show names in capital letters only.

McL

[Jan Rysavy]

Hi, I'm unable to reproduce it. Could you please show us some screenshots with the problem? (You can attach PNG images to the post.)
What Windows version is it?

[Ether]

Do you mean this dialog? If yes, then tell us what's the file system of the volume. FAT volumes do not preserve case in volume names.

[McLion]

Yes, it's on a FAT drive. However look at this:

- First, I rename with Salamander Drive Information

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- Second, this is how Explorer shows the drive name

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- Third, this is how Salamander Drive Information shows the name when opened again

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This stays exactly the same even if the drive is removed and reattached. If FAT is not case sensitive, then WinXP seems to store the drive name somehow. If the same Disk is attached to another PC, the drive name is showed in captial letters only.

So, it seems that XP is storing the drive name in a case sensitive manner.
McLion

[Ether]

So, it seems that XP is storing the drive name in a case sensitive manner.

Yes, you can probably find your label at the following registry key:

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reg:\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\F

In Change Drive menu, Salamander seems to honor the custom label, but I forgot to test the Drive Information dialog. (Is there any difference between the methods used to get the volume label?)

On Windows 7, it seems that this feature is no longer present and Windows presents labels always upper-case.

[Jan Rysavy]

On Windows 7, it seems that this feature is no longer present and Windows presents labels always upper-case.

Same on Windows Vista.

We should probably ignore this issue...

[McLion]

OK. Just forget about it.

Have a nice day
McL